Clothes-tongs



L. M. LARSON AND C. J. 'CARLSON.

CLOTHES TONGS. APPLICATION FILED NOV- 17, I916.

Patented Aug. 17, 1920.

L-Mhllar'son (ZcT, Gar-Z 6011/ UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEONARD M. LARSON AND CHARLES J. CARLSON, OF TACOMA, WASHINGTON.

CLOTHES-TONGS.

Application filed November 17, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, LEONARD M. LARSON and Ciinnnns J. CAnLsoN, citizens of the Unitec States, residing at Tacoma, in the county of Pierce and State of Vashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in (llothes l ongs; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a clothes tongs and has for its primary object the provision of a substantially U-shaped member to form a fork 011 which clothing may be wound to remove the same from a boiler or like receptacle.

Another object of this invention is to provide a rod or shaft flexibly secured to the fork and bent to form a hand crank whereby the fork may be rotated to Wind clothing thereon, and which will be capable of movement with relation to the rod or shaft, so that the fork may rest flatly upon the clothing regardless of the angle the rod is occupying.

A further object of this invention is the provision of a clothes tongs of the above stated character which shall be simple, durable and eflicient, and which may be manufactured and sold at a comparatively low cost.

\Vith these and other objects in view as will become more apparent as the descrip tion proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of our in vention, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a clothes tongs constructed in accordance with our invention,

Fig. 2 is a side elevation partly in section of the same.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral '1 illustrates a substantially- U- shaped member or fork having balls or spheres 2 formed on the ends of the arms or tines thereof for preventing the ends of the arms or tines from sticking or cutting into the clothing when in use. The clothes Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 17, 1920.

Serial No. 131,867.

are adapted to be wound about the fork when removing the same from a boiler 01: like receptacle.

A rod or shaft 3 has one end looped about the web portion of the fork l as illustrated at 4c to establish a flexible connection between the rod or shaft and the U-shaped member 1. The balls or spheres are so formed on the member 1 that they do not project beyond the outside of the arm portions thereof, w iereby clothes may be readily slipped off of said member when desired. The other end of the rod or shaft 3 is bent to form a hand crank 5 on which a hand grip 6 is journaled. 7 is rotatably mounted. upon the rod 3 whereby a person may grasp the hand grip 7 in one hand and the hand grip 6 in the other hand to rotate the fork whereby cloth ing or other articles may be twisted or wound thereon.

The flexible connection as illustrated at 4 provides means whereby the fork 1 may lie flat upon the clothing within the boiler or like receptacle regardless in which angle the rod or shaft 3 is positioned thus assuring that the clothes will wind or wrap about the fork 1 when the rod or shaft 3 is rotated.

lVhile We have shown and described the preferred embodiment of our invention, it will be understood that minor changes in construction, combination and arrangement of parts may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described our invention, we claim:

1. A clothes tongs comprising a substantially U-shaped clothes engaging member having a pair of parallel arms, headed members carried by the forward end portions of said arms and disposed on one side thereof, a rod having its forward end portion looped about the bight portion of said U-shaped member for effecting a pivotal connection therewith, the rear end portion of said rod being provided with a crank handle, a gripping member mounted on said crank handle, and a second gripping member slidably mounted on said rod.

2. A device for withdrawing articles of clothing from a wash boiler, comprising a shaft, a hand crank connected to one end of the shaft, and a fork pivotally connected to the other end of the shaft for angular movement with relation to the shaft.

A hand grip 3. A device for lifting articles of clothing from a Wash boiler, comprising a shaft, a hand crank connected to one end of the shaft, and a fork having parallel tines pivotally connected to the other end of the shaft for angular movement With relation to the shaft.

4. A device for lifting articles'of clothing from a Wash boiler comprising a shaft, a hand crank connected to one end of the shaft, a fork connected to the other end of the shaft, and a hand grip in Which the shaft is rotatably and slidahly mounted.

5. if device for lifting articles of clothing from a Wash boiler comprising a shaft, a 16 hand crank connected to one end of the shaft, a fork having parallel tines flexibly connected to the other end of the shaft, and a hand grip in Which the shaft is rotatably and slidably mounted.

In testimony whereof We aflix our signatures in presence of 'tWO Witnesses.

LEON AltD M. LARSON. CHARLES J. 'GA'RLSON.

Witnesses R. O. BEcK'rELL, SOPHIE BUGGE. 

